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The march towards an all-EV future hit a major roadblock. What went wrong?
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2024
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I agree, but personally I'm glad they're putting a strain on the grid. The grid has been crumbling for decades, I'm happy to see new infrastructure being built to support the loads - and most of it renewable.
Also, while EVs do take a lot of power, it’s less than an average amarican air conditioner. We rolled those out to most american homes in just twenty years. The current grid build out is less an unprecedented increase, and more a return to form after decades of coasting on our past success by using efficiency gains to avoid capacity expansion.
Exactly. California and Texas were struggling to keep up before EVs (probably because of AC actually). There is no reason they can't upgrade their infrastructure to compensate.